Kolek planning to go pro
I know the Cubs need to wait for the Bryant service time decision to fully come through, but it's pretty clear this isn't an all-in year and that they are going to try to retool on the fly while they wait out a few contracts. The pitching staff: God love him, Lester's best days are behind him. Q is a fine 3 or 4, but hasn't become a big game pitcher. I love Hendricks and he's locked up. Yu's contract went from an albatross to an asset somehow with the new pitcher contracts. Looks like it's either Chatwood or Adzolay for the 5 unless Bryant gets dealt for a Max Fried type.The lineup - Rizzo's contract isn't being extended. Heyward will keep playing his out. I don't see Contrares being dealt, and they overvalue Schwarbs so I think (as reported) Bryant is the most likely to go given the pay day he will be due with Boras as his man. Javy will be extended at some point. This middle group is so tough to call: Bote, Happ, Almora, primarily. If that's your bench, fine, but there will be holes to be filled and they are going to have to fill them. I'd be pretty surprised if we got Castellanos back. The pen: You're stuck with Kimbrel. You've got Wick and Ryan. Also Wieck and Cotton.... they don't really know what they have here. Not that he's holding still because of this, but are Theo's eyes already on the door?
Not sure how I feel about bringing in Garcia with the whole Prince Fielder thing. Going to be a tough guy to cheer for.
Some story?
Avi was reportedly messing around with Mrs. Fielder when they were teammates in Detroit. Legend has it that the resulting trades of Fielder, Garcia, and Doug Fister were because of it.
Sports fans love few things more than a "Play A is sleeping with Player B's wife" rumor.
What's the deal with Fister? The other two I get in that situation.
Agreed. But there seems to be a lot of smoke here given the immediate trades and filing for divorce.https://thesportsdaily.com/2013/12/22/wait-that-s-why-they-traded-prince-fielder/
So on the same day Garcia and Cabrera get into a clubhouse melee, the Tigers work a three-team, seven-player deal to ship Garcia out of town (nice of the Red Sox and White Sox to cooperate). And this all just so happens to go down on the same day as the trade deadline?Hmmm.But the source on this story is "a guy who knows a lot of guys who knows a lot of guys." That's rock solid.
So why should we care that this guy may have slept with a teammate’s wife years after he was on the Brewers?
I don't care much that the teammate was a former brewer. His actions, if true, just make it harder for me to cheer for him.
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Oh. I guess I'm not interested in worrying about a purity test for the people I cheer for. Exactly. Humans do dumb and immoral things. Athletes are human. Ergo...
By far, the best was the Yankees' Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich trading wives in 1972. Actually, I'm selling this short -- they traded entire families, including pets!Peterson and the former Mrs. Kekich are STILL married, believe it or not. Kekich and the former Mrs. Peterson are no longer a couple.The former teammates haven't spoken to each other in years.As you might imagine, this was quite a scandal in 1972. There has been talk of a movie being made, but it hasn't happened yet.
If they can add another bat, the Reds just might be the favorite in the NL Central next year.
Heard the same thing last offseason.
Really? I certainly never did. Hard not to like their pitching. Castillo-Gray-Bauer-Miley- DeScalfini is a pretty good 1-5. They had trouble in the pen last year, but I'd expect Iglesias to be better this season. They have also added Moustakas. Another bat makes them scary I'd say. Who knows if it'll happen. But they'll be better.